Re: Attracting new members Reply #100 – 2014-01-02, 16:25:07 Quote from: myminpins on 2014-01-02, 16:16:50...but is that what you guys are talking about, telling people how to negotiate and use this particular forum???Yes, something like that...
Re: Attracting new members Reply #101 – 2014-01-02, 16:26:11 Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-02, 16:25:07Quote from: myminpins on 2014-01-02, 16:16:50...but is that what you guys are talking about, telling people how to negotiate and use this particular forum???Yes, something like that...This is one of the easiest boards I've ever been on. Very simple and easy to use but then again I've been online and using forums and boards for over 10 years so maybe I'm not the best judge.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #102 – 2014-01-02, 17:06:50 Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-02, 16:21:09For example there's 'described' some "Calendar" or some there, and I don't think we have any such feature on our AirCarrier, do we? "The calendar feature, if enabled by the administrator"It's explicitly recommended against in this optimization guide:http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=293441.0Above all, I just don't see the need. I'm sure someone can create something on 30Boxes or whatever if they feel it'd be useful.Quote from: myminpins on 2014-01-02, 16:26:11This is one of the easiest boards I've ever been on. Very simple and easy to use but then again I've been online and using forums and boards for over 10 years so maybe I'm not the best judge.I chose this forum software because I felt it offered the best balance between many features, fast, and easy to use.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #103 – 2014-01-02, 18:58:53 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-02, 13:19:41Quote from: Luxor on 2014-01-02, 12:36:35Quote from: Josh on 2014-01-01, 15:10:48But I'm not keen on having the users maintain "heavy" signatures/avatars.Not keen on them myself josh. Simple text signatures are what I prefer to see on a forum.Same here, but the existing ones seem acceptable. The forum allows me to set a limit to their size, which I set to 500x25 based on Smiley's new signature image (499x25).
Re: Attracting new members Reply #104 – 2014-01-02, 19:11:46 Why, do you want something larger? I could up the limit, but preferably not by much.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #105 – 2014-01-02, 19:15:01 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-02, 19:11:46Why, do you want something larger? I could up the limit, but preferably not by much.No...No.....just makin' a funny.....the size is quite generous as is... thanks BTW......is it just me or did this thread somehow morph from Attracting New Members into Forum requirements and (un)desirables?
Re: Attracting new members Reply #106 – 2014-01-02, 19:19:11 Btw, did you miss the cheers smiley here?
Re: Attracting new members Reply #107 – 2014-01-02, 19:38:37 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-03, 07:19:11Btw, did you miss the cheers smiley here?Good one!! ...... find it first in line on the OP
Re: Attracting new members Reply #108 – 2014-01-02, 23:30:27 New members blá bá blá....New members have to demonstrate they deserve DnD.Always has been like that and I'm in no mood for opening "my legs".New members start posting, new members are massacred, insulted and ignored, and if, and only if, they resist, then they become new members.Always has been like that and always will be like that.That's the D&D I, and many more, had, that's the DnD new members will have.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #109 – 2014-01-03, 11:23:54 Quote from: Belfrager on 2014-01-02, 23:30:27New members blá bá blá....New members have to demonstrate they deserve DnD.Always has been like that and I'm in no mood for opening "my legs".New members start posting, new members are massacred, insulted and ignored, and if, and only if, they resist, then they become new members.Always has been like that and always will be like that.That's the D&D I, and many more, had, that's the DnD new members will have.Really? Here? I haven't seen evidence of this.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #110 – 2014-01-04, 01:42:43 @myminpinsHere's how to read into that over-reactive slop astute personal observation:massacred = disagreed withinsulted = spoken to bluntlyignored = not agreed with by more than 2 subsequent postersresist = follows up with more than one (1) subsequent post -- backing up their own original positionWelcome aboard!!
Re: Attracting new members Reply #111 – 2014-01-04, 10:20:21 Quote from: SmileyFaze on 2014-01-04, 01:42:43@myminpinsHere's how to read into that over-reactive slop astute personal observation: massacred = disagreed withinsulted = spoken to bluntlyignored = not agreed with by more than 2 subsequent postersresist = follows up with more than one (1) subsequent post -- backing up their own original positionWelcome aboard!! Got it!!! ROFL
Re: Attracting new members Reply #112 – 2014-01-05, 00:03:05 BTW......my post basically massacred Belfrager using his terminology, when in essence, I merely disagreed with his excessively robust nomenclature.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #113 – 2014-01-05, 18:55:58 I've had a quick look over some old threads going back several pages; rather than looking at them purely as an historical archive I was looking for ones which I'd personally like to see active again.There are a lot of interesting topics there. Many are of their time but some are worth revisiting. In D&D there was an embargo on resurrecting old threads but we don't have that constraint here or at least not at the moment.My original thought was to send an Opera PM to the person who originally opened the original thread saying it was an interesting area and, as a courtesy, inviting him/her to start a similar one on DnD, asking for it to be done soon. It could also be a way to attract new members.But there is a snag, namely that we are relatively few at the moment and flooding the forum with lots of threads can become too much to service. So I'll have another look at my list and pare it down for slow release.But anyway it's a suggestion to everyone, but use with caution.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #114 – 2014-01-05, 21:24:45 I've, as you might have noticed, started a thread here...extremely similar (but subtly different & not the same) to one in MyOpera. I also (just today) started another thread here extremely similar (but not the same) to one on MyOpera.......whereas on that one I made it quite clear in my final post there, that I will not be posting there any longer, & that all my future relevant posts will be found here in the [glow=green,2,300]DnD[/glow] Sanctuary[/i] Thread I created.I don't feel it incumbent upon us to notify, or seek out permission from the original poster in that other Forum if we can make a thread here on similar topics, regardless of how similar those topics may be. To do so, in my honest opinion, is ludicrous at best & totally unnecessary.But, in the future I will consider doing so, under one proviso ---- that the Original Poster in that other forum signs up as a member here in [glow=green,2,300]DnD[/glow] prior to me creating a extremely similar topic here in [glow=green,2,300]DnD[/glow], unless Frenzie directs me as a future prerequisite, to do so. Last Edit: 2014-01-05, 21:41:10 by SmileyFaze
Re: Attracting new members Reply #115 – 2014-01-05, 22:09:02 Quote from: SmileyFaze on 2014-01-05, 21:24:45But, in the future I will consider doing so, under one proviso ---- that the Original Poster in that other forum signs up as a member here in [glow=green,2,300]DnD[/glow] prior to me creating a extremely similar topic here in [glow=green,2,300]DnD[/glow], unless Frenzie directs me as a future prerequisite, to do so. string does have a potentially interesting point in that we know these are people who were interested in D&D in the past. A prerequisite—hardly—but maybe not a horrible idea.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #116 – 2014-01-06, 13:38:55 The idea I suggested was a device for persuading individuals who had posted interesting threads to join us here.Naturally we don't need anyone's permission to start a similar thread
Re: Attracting new members Reply #117 – 2014-01-06, 16:06:08 By the way - I forgot to mention that when I did that backward look at threads, I only found 127 threads - Opera seems to have "misplaced" most of our old threads.Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. &&%$***$"£%& ||| !!!!!
Re: Attracting new members Reply #118 – 2014-01-06, 17:52:50 Don't worry; they're still there. However, rather annoyingly the forum only shows topics with updates posted within the past 100 days. At the bottom, select "forever". That'll tell you there are over 7000 topics in D&D.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #119 – 2014-01-06, 18:22:05 If you wanna do this, you gonna have to do it now.Those authors who's been around for some time recently, already know the news and are heading somewhere.Those who haven't, there's a possibility they'll come up too late to check their MyOpera mail...Anyway, when you gonna catch them, then...
Re: Attracting new members Reply #120 – 2014-01-06, 20:11:45 Quote from: Frenzie on 2014-01-06, 17:52:50ok thanks I'll get back to listing the thread titles.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #121 – 2014-01-07, 00:18:21 Quote from: string on 2014-01-07, 01:38:55The idea I suggested was a device for persuading individuals who had posted interesting threads to join us here.Naturally we don't need anyone's permission to start a similar threadI sincerely hope you don't take my post as a rebuke or rebuttal to your idea......it does have merits & I applaud your desire to attract those users.
Re: Attracting new members Reply #122 – 2014-01-10, 16:35:12 I've thought of advertising the site amongst my 'friends' ("except acquaintances"!) on my Facebook timeline, but I see there are not exactly anybody speaking English (ex.4 a couple I've already informed) and eager to... What? mm...
Re: Attracting new members Reply #123 – 2014-01-10, 16:48:11 @SF - No offence was noticed or taken. Thank youAre you feeling OK? - maybe a lie down .....
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